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The Sea Remembers: Shipwrecks and Archaeology From Homer's Greece to the Rediscovery of the Titanic
by Throckmorton, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1555840930
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840938
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. NY: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987. First edition. Folio. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, matching dark blue endpapers, beautiful color and black and white illustrations throughout, 240 pp. This book tells the story of underwater archaeology in exciting detail, examining key wrecks sites around the world, each one encapsulating a moment in time, from the Bronze Age to the 20th century. Small water stains on front board and dust jacket, minor shelf wear. Dust jacket has one large and one small repair and minor dog-earring. Crisp, clean text block. Very good with good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..
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- Respectful Exits
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B0-38-03
- Title
- The Sea Remembers: Shipwrecks and Archaeology From Homer's Greece to the Rediscovery of the Titanic
- Author
- Throckmorton, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555840930
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840938
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY EXPLORATION DISCOVERY ARTIFCACTS WRECKS SHIPS HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Ancient History;
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- Folio
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Shelf Wear
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
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- Spine
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